Hi folks,

i am planning to setup a shell/web/mail hosting service and, of
course, i will run OpenBSD as my OS of choice.
I am live in Brazil and would like to host my server outside Brazil.

My initial ideia is to buy the server (on the country i would like to
host my server(s)) and send it to the company that will handle my
server.
Is that possible? Would you mind suggesting company(ies) i could contract ?

Thanks a lot for your time and cooperation.

Best regards.

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On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:52:52 -0200

2c,

colocating your own hardware is usually not the way to go anymore.
renting a "dedicated server" somewhere is in most cases the better
choice. much less hassle with defective hardware and lots cheaper.

in that area what to check for is
- serial console, nice but not absolutly nessasary
- some kind of rescue-boot enviroment, mostly linux based, to install
  openbsd (yaifo) and dd the disks in case of norecoverable failures
- 2 disks, will minimize your downtime (softraid) (if they replace the
  disk you tell them to and not the wrong one...)
- oh supported hardware is nice to have, you can ask them for a dmesg
  in advance, wouldn't be so good to commit to a 12 month plan
  otherwise, but there are monthly billing contracts available.
...

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